Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 08:57:06 EST
From: acmq AT alpha DOT coe DOT ufrj DOT br (Antonio Carlos Moreirao de Queiroz)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Use of djgpp

Thomas Eifert, quoting someone, writes:

> > There are two uses for djgpp: (1) port unix software to DOS and (2) get
> > around the 640K limit in new or existing DOS software.  I doubt anyone has
> > any statistics on which use is more common, but it sounds like your use is
> > primarily #1 while mine is primarily #2.
> > 
> If the decision between (1) and (2) imposes the further direction for
> djgpp, I'd indeed suggest to collect the opinions.

I am using djgpp because it gets around the 640k limit in DOS. About portability,
the changes having to be done in a program to run in DOS or UNIX are similar to
what has to be done with other C compilers.
A program compiled with djgpp appears also to be somewhat faster that the same
program compiled with Borland C (I didn't try other compilers).
And the GRX graphics routines are better than the BGI routines, specially
in speed (even when the bcc2grx package is used for compatibility).

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz